Materials Inserted in Book III

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Wasatch Presbyterian Church records (1885-1998) consist of materials from three Presbyterian churches in Salt Lake City: Westminster, Third, and Wasatch. The materials for Westminster Presbyterian Church are in boxes one through eleven. The church registers and session minutes are located in boxes 1 and 2, financial records are in box 4, and the Articles of Incorporation can be found in box 9, folders 3 and 4.

The materials for Third Presbyterian Church are in boxes 12-18 with the church registers, bylaws and session minutes in boxes 12 and 13, and the articles of incorporation in box 14, folder 1. Trustee records and minutes of meetings held by the Board of Trustees are in the third book in box 13.

The materials for Wasatch Presbyterian Church are in boxes 19-87. Session minutes for 1946-1955 are in the Minute Book, pages 20-99 in box 13. Later church registers and session minutes are in boxes 19-21, the articles of incorporation in box 37, folder 1, and annual reports for 1946-1998 in boxes 22 and 23. Minutes of meetings of Wasatch Church's board of trustees are in box 24, other financial documents are in boxes 34-36. Information concerning the fire which enveloped Wasatch's sanctuary and adjoining areas in June 1974, and the restoration efforts which followed is in box 41. Documents related to the Mariners, an adult social and charitable group designed to promote fellowship within the church, are located in boxes 71 to 85.

In all three churches, women's societies were very active. Westminster's Women's Missionary and Ladies Aid Societies' records are in box 5. Third church's Womens' Missionary, Jessie Lee Ellis and Ladies Aid Societies are in box 16. Wasatch's United Presbyterian Women and Presbyterian Women materials are in boxes 50 and 51.

A scrapbook of Westminster Church is in box 11, and those for Wasatch Church are in boxes 68-71. Materials from National Presbyterian Mariners' Intermountain District and local "ships" are in boxes 73-85. Scrapbooks of several Mariner groups are in boxes 81-84.

Dates

1885-1998

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.